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Date:      Sun, 24 Dec 1995 17:28:50 +0800 (HKT)
From:      John Beukema <john@gateway.net.hk>
To:        Gary Crutcher <gcrutchr@nightflight.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSD/.3.91.951224172631.20592A-100000@gateway.net.hk>
In-Reply-To: <199512232023.MAA00354@nightflight.com>

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Use the raw device with newfs, ie /dev/rsd1e0 not dev/sd1e0.
jbeukema



On Sat, 23 Dec 1995, Gary Crutcher wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just installed a 2nd SCSI drive. A 2.1GB conner. 
> Having read many of the newsgroups info about adding a second drive and
> reading amilfrom this listserv, I have partitioned the drive, labeled it,
> but cannot get the newfs command to work correectly - I get 'not a block
> device' error.
> 
> I used sysinstall to do the partitioning and disklabeling.
> 
> Now, not begin a UNIX person, but I do get by on my own, could someone
> elighten me on how to use the newfs cmd to finish this process, and secondly
> how and where do I put the entries for this drive so it will mount on boot.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gary
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